Saxony-Meiningen

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Saxony-Meiningen was a small duchy within the German Confederation and later the German Empire, historically ruled by the Ernestine line of the Wettin dynasty.

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Saxony-Meiningen canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf duchy
former state
abolishedAsMonarchy 1918
capital Meiningen
coatOfArms Coat of arms of Saxe-Meiningen
continent Europe
country Germany
currency Mark
Thaler
dissolutionCause German Revolution of 1918–1919
endTime 1918
era Early modern period
German Empire era
existedDuring Napoleonic Wars
Unification of Germany
firstRuler Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
flag Flag of Saxe-Meiningen
governmentForm duchy
headOfStateTitle Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
historicalRegion Franconia
Thuringia
language German
locatedIn Central Germany
Thuringia
memberOf German Confederation
German Empire
North German Confederation
mergedInto Thuringia
surface form: State of Thuringia
nativeNameLanguage de
nobleHouse Wettin
notableRuler Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
partOf Ernestine duchies
Holy Roman Empire
predecessor Saxe-Gotha
surface form: Duchy of Saxe-Gotha

Electorate of Saxony
religion Lutheranism
rulingDynasty House of Wettin
rulingLine Ernestine line
shortName Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
surface form: Saxe-Meiningen
sovereignState German Confederation
German Empire
Holy Roman Empire
North German Confederation
startTime 1680
statusInHolyRomanEmpire imperial state
successor Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
surface form: Free State of Saxe-Meiningen

Thuringia
typeOfMonarchy hereditary monarchy

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Austro-Prussian War belligerent Saxony-Meiningen